Incorrect PDF creation or manipulation, faulty FTP transfers, system crashes during creation, network interruptions or incomplete copying can all render PDF documents illegible.This can result in the loss of important data and, as a consequence, the loss of information or production downtimes.

The 3-Heights™ PDF Analysis & Repair component analyses PDF documents with regard to PDF specifications and repairs them where indicated. It extracts legible content such as images or page fragments from irreparable documents and saves the data as a new document.

Properties and benefits

Firstly, 3-Heights™ PDF Analysis & Repair restores files that do not meet PDF specifications. Secondly, it can read out elements such as pages or images from illegible PDF documents and save them as a new document.

The 3-Heights™ PDF Analysis & Repair tool guarantees the quality and legibility of PDF documents in all business processes. The component is characterized by its high speed, comprehensive mechanisms for analysis and repair and its suitability for a variety of operating systems.

Performance characteristics

High sensitivity in corruption detection

Comprehensive repair functions

Restoration of available data from illegible documents

High restoration speed

Definition of customized repair profiles for different output documents

Platform independent

Analyze and/or repair one or more PDF documents

Set analysis options

Set repair options

Repair defective data streams

Repair defective fonts

Restore defective pages

Restore defective PDF structures

Restore lost content such as images

Read encrypted PDF documents

Encrypt restored documents and set permission flags

Read and write PDF documents directly from file or memory

Descriptions for error messages

Archiving

The component enables quality checks to be carried out prior to archiving. Defective PDF documents are repaired in good time or removed from the archiving process.

Incoming mail

Incoming or scanned PDF documents received as mail are thoroughly analyzed and repaired on the basis of a customized profile. This process subjects PDF documents to a strict quality control check before they are released for use in document management systems, workflow and other business processes.

Outgoing mail

It is also possible to use the PDF Analysis & Repair component to apply quality controls to outgoing mail. Documents are checked prior to conversion to a print format such as PCL or Postscript to avoid rejects and idle time, thus increasing efficiency. It should be assured that recipients of PDF documents dispatched by email receive a legible and utilizable PDF document.

Other areas of use

Quality assurance

Correction of systematic errors

Input formats

PDF

Output formats

PDF

Compliance

Standards: ISO 32000 (PDF 1.7)

Operating Systems

Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 - 32 & 64 bit

Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 – 32 & 64 bit

HP‑UX 11i incl. ia64 (Itanium) - 64 bit

IBM AIX 6.1 - 64 bit

macOS 10.4 - 32 & 64 bit

Linux 2.4 & 2.6 - 32 & 64 bit

Oracle Solaris 10, SPARC & Intel

HP-UX 11, PA-RISC2.0 - 32 bit

Interfaces

API: C, Java, .NET, COM

Programming languages

All program libraries are written in efficient and thread-safe C++. API offers a selection of the following connections to programming languages: